4 Applicant’s availability.U.K.
(1)Where an application is made under section 1, the applicant or some person acting with his authority shall, at or after the time of making the application, but not later than 21 days from the latest date allowed by section 3 for its making, notify to the former employer in writing a date, not later than the expiry of the 21 days, on which the applicant will be available for employment.
(2)If, owing to his sickness or other reasonable cause, the applicant is not available for employment until after the expiry of the 21 days, the date to be so notified may be a date as soon as reasonably may be after the expiry of the 21 days, and accordingly the notification shall not be invalid by reason only that it is given after the expiry of the 21 days.
(3)Subsection (5) of section 3 applies to any notification under this section as it applies to an application under section 1.